What are industry experts, media and commentators saying about Telefonica’s digital services and innovation? We feature select highlights here:
OCTOBER 2014
Telefónica urges Europe to create a more transparent market (Telecoms.com)
Big Data, the next frontier (Telecom TV)
“Deeds, not words” needed to exploit big data potential, claims Telefónica (European Communications)
Ebola: Can big data analytics help contain its spread? (BBC News Online)
European Telecoms Providers Gear Up for Connected Wireless Fight (Wall Street Journal)
From Model T To 4G: How Connectivity Is Revolutionising The Car (TechCrunch)
SEPTEMBER 2014
Telefónica appoints Joule’s Daniel Rosen as global advertising director (The Drum)
Rosen named global ad director at Telefónica (Campaign)
AT&T signs up Telefonica to test home-security service in Europe (Bloomberg)
The connected car – Smartphones on wheels (The Economist)
Fighting Fraud Special Report (The Times)
Spanish JV Yaap launches P2P payments app (Finextra)
AUGUST 2014
Telefónica Group CIO: Using cloud to regain ground lost to OTT players (Business Cloud News)
Mobile advertising – it’s time to invest in quality control (The Drum)
O2 accelerator lends a helping hand to tech entrepreneurs (The Telegraph)
JULY 2014
Drivers warm to connected cars (Telegraph)
Consumers Appear Uncertain About Connected Cars (New York Times)
Connected cars to be 90% of 2020 new car market (Fleet World)
Telefónica launches Sinfonier (Total Telecom)
Telefonica puts focus on security (Telecoms.com)
Telefónica: Erfolgreiches M2M-Partnerprogramm (M2M Magazin)
Telefónica hits M2M partner target 6 months early (European Communications)
Telefonica ropes in more than 250 partners in its M2M drive (Mobile World)
Revealed: The future of the connected vehicle market (Computer Business Review)
Poop-poop! Telefónica reveals our growing love of the connected car (Telecom TV)
Drivers ready for connected cars, says Telefónica report (Computer Weekly)
Firefox OS lands in Germany – with France, Asia, and more to come (The Register)
Axonix CEO: “Mobile Will Appear Out Of Nowhere in LatAm” (Adexchanger)
JUNE 2014
Interview with Chema Alonso in FS Tech (FStech.co.uk)
Telefonica to focus on “untapped billion” disabled mobile users (Telecoms.com)
Telefonica picks Kaspersky Lab for cyber-security services (Telecompaper)
Telefónica signs cyber security deal with Kaspersky Lab (European Communications)
Spain’s Yaap launches M-Commerce platform with mobile tech enabled by Monetise (Global Banking and Finance Review)
MAY 2014
Daniel Appelquist on web modernisation and net security (The Guardian – Tech Weekly Podcast)
Telefónica urges the ICT sector to create a ‘culture of accessibility’ for the world’s one billion disabled (TelecomTV)
APRIL 2014
Telefónica’s Launch of a Mobile Ad Exchange Could Prompt the U.S. Telecoms Further Along (Ad Age)
Avec Axonix, Telefonica lance son ad exchange mobile sur les cendres de Mobclix (Ad Exchange.fr)
Telefonica, Blackstone Launch Axonix, A Mobile Ad Exchange Built On Defunct MobClix Tech (Tech Crunch)
Telefonica to “shake up” programmatic market with launch of first mobile-only ad exchange (The Drum)
Telefónica and Blackstone Team up on Mobile-Ad Venture (Wall Street Journal)
Building a 100% telco (Hot Topics)
Nissan CIO leads 2014 CIO 100 with Telefonica and FT CIOs (CIO)
Telefónica se une a JCDecaux para equipar a las ciudades de dispositivos M2M (Channel Biz ES)
Telefónica buys cloud desktop startup eyeOS (GigaOM)
Telefonica buys eyeOS, will help companies lighten heavy desktop apps for the cloud (Venture Beat)
Telefónica to connect European Tesla cars to internet (Financial Times)
Tesla Pays Telefonica Millions To Power In-Car Wireless In UK, Germany, Spain, Holland (Tech Crunch)
MARCH 2014
The real Sim City: How over 15,000 sensors made Santander smart (telecoms tech)
Samsung, Telefónica Partner on Knox Mobile Security (eWeek)
Samsung locks in KNOX deal with Telefónica (TechRadar Pro)
Telefónica y Samsung amplían su alianza para abarcar el sistema Knox (El Confidencial)
The good, the bad and the oddities of MWC 2014 in CNET UK podcast 378 (CNET UK)
Telefonica keeps pushing digital message after reorganisation (Mobile World Live)
Telefónica CCDO joins chorus calling for European digital improvements (Telecoms.com)
CIO interview: Phil Jordan, global chief information officer, Telefónica (Computer Weekly)
Sponsored data models likely to proliferate in Europe (European Communications)
FEBRUARY 2014
Lock up your digital valuables with Latch, the digital padlock (The Guardian)
Telefónica’s Wayra startup incubator extends its reach into China (The Next Web)
Mobile World Congress telco interview: Mike Short, Telefónica (Telecom TV)
Telefónica leans of partners for global M2M push (Computerworld UK)
JANUARY 2014
World ‘will have 800 million smart meters by 2020′ (Energy Live News)
800 mln smart meters to be installed globally by 2020-survey (Telecompaper)
Telco 1.5: operators are falling behind in the transformation stakes (Telecom TV)
‘Personalisation: A face lift for marketing’ says Shaun Gregory (Meet The Boss TV)
Annual Mobile Industry Predictions Survey 2014 (Mobile Future Forward. Note: Telefonica cited on page 17)
Holy Tech Batman! — Can The European Commission Be A Startup Super Hero? (TechCrunch)
DECEMBER 2013
Businesses Listen Up: Take the Threat of the ‘Dark Web’ Seriously (Huffington Post)
Mobile advertising predictions for 2014, by Telefónica’s Shaun Gregory (The Drum)
Telefonica intros initial mobile security offerings (SC Magazine)
Telefonica, Capita join forces (Mobile World Live)
Telefonica unveils new security service (CBR)
NOVEMBER 2013
Santander takes the first steps to being a truly integrated Smart City (M2M Now)
Telefónica partnership offers first telematics product in Germany (Insurance Insight)
Smart Santander goes live (Land Mobile)
Winning Bullipedia hackers ‘extract the DNA’ of recipes and reimagine cooking as programming (Wired)
Box adds to soaring start-up valuations (Financial Times)
Box Secures $100 Million Funding at $2 Billion Valuation (The Wall Street Journal)
Box Raises $112M Round at $2B Valuation with IPO Filing Planned Before March (Forbes)
OCTOBER 2013
Accelerator Numbers — 20 Months In, Telefónica’s Wayra Shares Data On How It’s Fared So Far (TechCrunch)
LG Fireweb launched as company’s first Firefox OS smartphone (Trusted Reviews)
LG unveils the Fireweb, its first Firefox OS smartphone (video) (Engadget)
Nuria Oliver: what big data and the Mexican pandemic taught us (WIRED)
Telefonica right to choose cellular-rf mesh tech in M2M smart meters (Mobile Europe)
Telefonica Takes A Strategic Stake In Rhapsody, Will Bring Napster Into Latin America, Deeper Into Europe (TechCrunch)
Telefónica strikes up new tune with Napster streaming music deal (The Guardian)
SEPTEMBER 2013
Automotive and mobile – Is this a match made in connected car heaven? (Op-Ed, M2M Now)
Combating global epidemics with big mobile data (Op-Ed in The Guardian)
Ask A VC: Telefonica Ventures’ Tracy Isacke On Corporate VCs And More (TechCrunch)
AUGUST 2013
The Developing World Gets Unlimited Digital Storage (New York Times)
76M Vivo subscribers in Brazil will get a 1 year Evernote Premium subscription thanks to Telefónica Digital (The Next Web)
Telefónica wins deal to provide smart meter technology in UK homes (Financial Times, note: subscription required to read article)
Evernote inks deal with Telefónica for global Premium rollout (GigaOm)
Here’s what connected cars will be doing by 2020 (Venture Beat)
JULY 2013
Why the world’s governments are interested in creating hubs for open data (GigaOm)
Telefónica Digital looks to build trust in data analytics (Information Age)
Monitise enters five-year “mobile money” tie-up with Telefónica Digital (Information Age)
Breaking down the Inertia around Android and iOS innovation (Forbes)
JUNE 2013
Telefonica Digital creates Silicon Valley ad innovation unit (Marketing Week)
Op-Ed: Let’s Make Digital Skills the Fourth Literacy (Huffington Post)
Connected Cars: 10 tough problems automakers must solve (Forbes)
Connected Cars Fueling Up to Take a Drive in Europe (WSJ Europe)
Car industry must change for connected future (Fresh Business Thinking)
Telefónica steps up its security game with Eleven Paths “hothouse” (GigaOM)
MAY 2013
How clued up are consumers on smart meters? (TelecomsTech)
‘Internet of Things’ helps Telefónica combat digital start-ups (Financial Times)
Op-Ed: Will London Hold Onto Its ‘Top Startup Hub’ Mantle? (Huffington Post)
Telefónica + Samsung: Digital Dream Team? (Light Reading)
Telefonica adds Samsung as a Carrier Billing OEM for Apps, Games, Music and More (TechCrunch)
APRIL 2013
Geeksphone Sold Out In A Few Hours, That’s A Good First Step for Firefox OS (Forbes)
Taxpayers oblivious to smart meters as government plans to spend big (Computer Weekly)
How to bridge the gap between mobile advertising and consumer behaviour (Op-Ed in the Guardian)
Smart home vision critical to smart meter success – study (telecompaper.com)
MARCH 2013
O2’s Tu Go aims to challenge Skype and other Voip app (BBC)
Wayra Academy selects 17 new startups for investment (TechCity News)
FEBRUARY 2013
Firefox OS: walled gardens between web and apps to be demolished (Silicon Republic)
Telefonica seeks global tie-ups to bolster mobile audience (MarketingWeek)
Telefonica and FeedHenry partner up on enterprise mobile app development (GigaOM)
Telefonica Digital Acquires Controlling Stake In Brazil’s Axismed, Its First Move Into E-Health Solutions (TechCrunch)
Speaking a foreign language is crucial for UK graduates, says Telefonica Digital (HR Magazine)
JANUARY 2013
Telefonica Digital unveils localized M2M platform (Rethink Wireless)
Telefonica thinks big with Firefox at MWC (Mobile Today)
DECEMBER 2012
Wayra Czechs in to Central Europe (Light Reading)
Telefonica chooses Ericsson OSS and BSS for video platform (Digital TV Europe)
A walled garden approach to the mobile web is stifling innovation (Guest post from Telefonica Digital’s Carlos Domingo for Wired UK)
NOVEMBER 2012
London’s challenge to Silicon Valley held up by startup funding gap (Business Zone)
Telefonica, Mozilla and VCs Still Betting Big on HTML as They Pour $25 Million Into Everything.Me (WSJ)
London tech sector best in Europe for women (London’s Evening Standard)
Telefonica Digital report flags worldwide tech startup opportunities (IT Pro)
London is the world’s seventh most influential startup ecosystem (Wired)
Startup Ecosystems Around the World Fast Challenging Silicon Valley (Financial Post)
TokBox gives WebRTC chat standard a real-world boost (CNET)
Telefonica Digital steps into the cloud to rival Amazon with Instant Servers (The Next Web)
Accelerated living: Catching up with startups at London’s Wayra Academy (The Next Web)
Telefonica Digital aims to use WebRTC to boost ‘cross-platform’ video calling (Telecom TV)
OCTOBER 2012
Telefonica Digital targets big data in Silicon Valley ‘road trip’ (VentureWire)
Telefonica Digital Buys Video Chat Platform TokBox (WSJ’s AllThingsD)
Telefonica breaks cover as first Big Data telco (Eurocomms)
Telefonica Digital acquires Tokbox to bring live video to its telecommunication offerings (The Next Web)
Viewpoint: Matthew Key on ‘Disrupt your model fast before somebody else does it for you’ (The Times)
Telefonica Digital graduate scheme encourages international outlook (Computer Weekly)
Telefonica Digital saves 40% with cloud HR platform (Computer Weekly)
SEPTEMBER 2012
Keep Start-Up Pitches Simple, Stupid (Wall Street Journal)
Spain’s Telefonica staking a claim in Silicon Valley (Silicon Valley Business Journal)
A Firefox Smartphone for the Developing World (The New York Times)
Entrepreneurs go down to the Wayra (Irish Times)
Telefonica steps into augmented reality (Financial Times)
Telefonica picks HP’s Aurasma for augmented reality expansion (Reuters)
Why Telefonica is acing it with a new $378m Latam Fund and a growing incubator fund (Tech Crunch)
Telefonica strikes direct-to-bill deals with Facebook, Google, Microsoft and RIM (Finextra)
Why lock your digits to a phone? Telefonica to flog cloudy numbers (The Register)
A Nike Fuelband for your car? Telefonica Digital launches Drive to Improve (The Next Web)
Mozilla Makes a Mobile Web Browser Feel Like a Smartphone (All Things D)
Backers Tout Firefox OS as Open Mobile Option (Wall Street Journal)
Telefonica backs digital VC funds network (Financial Times)
Today’s Investor Tracy Isacke (Vator.tv)
Telefonica launches $378m VC fund focused on Latin America (The Next Web)
Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica step up their start up investment games (GigaOm)
Telefonica: Not Just a Reign in Spain (MotleyFool from the Daily Finance)
Telefonica Digital launches Drive to Improve: A Nike Fuelband for your car (TheNextWeb)
Seeking the new Silicon Valley (Light Reading)
Telefonica’s VC arm heads to new frontiers (Total Telecom)
Telefonica bets on tech with venture capital (Reuters)
AUGUST 2012
Telefonica: Digital Dreamer (Light Reading)
Telefonica backs Firefox Mobile OS as alternative to Android (Mobile News)
Telefonica forms global M2M alliance with six operators (Mobile News)
Technology start-ups become the last refuge of Spanish optimism (Independent Online)
Video: Stephen Shurrock on ‘creating OTT services for the changing needs of customers’ (TelecomTV)
JULY 2012
Nimble start for Telefonica Digital (Financial Times; Note: registered users access only)
Telefonica pins its hopes on being more than mobile (GigaOm)
Telefonica Sees Digital Revenue of 5 Billion Euros by 2015 (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
Telefonica says Digital Division will add EUR5B to annual revenue by 2015 (Wall Street Journal)
Telefonica bangs its digital drum (Light Reading)
Video: Carlos Domingo on ‘Telefonica and the Firefox OS’ (TelecomTV)
Video: Moises Navarro on ‘creating a telco-grade cloud computing solution’ (TelecomTV)
Video: Jamie Finn on ‘how Telefonica harnesses Cloud for OTT services’ (TelecomTV)
JUNE 2012
Telefonica Digital rolls out HR technology to attract staff and drive operational agility (HR Magazine)
MARCH 2012
Telefonica invites UK startups to join accelerator programme Wayra (Wired)
Telefonica invests in mobile payments firm Boku (Reuters)
Boku Rings Up $35 Million in Funding From NEA, Telefonica (WSJ’s AllThingsD)
FEBRUARY 2012
Threatened by startups, telcos try to think like entrepreneurs (GigaOm)
Telefonica: Mozillaphone is ‘ten times cheaper than an iPhone’ (CNet)
Behind the scenes of Europe’s hot new accelerator (The Next Web)
Mozilla, Telefonica Collaborate on Web Phone (PC World)
Telefonica and Mozilla in smartphone deal (Financial Times; Note: registered users access only)
Telefonica, VMware Bringing Dual Persona to Samsung Galaxy S II (eWeek)
Sybase 365 and Telefonica Digital team on mobile wallet (Finextra)
JANUARY 2012
Telefonica to take on Amazon in cloud computing (VentureTech)
Telefonica Digital opts for London’s Regent Street for its global HQ (The Next Web)
Telefonica to offer Sony films on VOD in Latin America (Screen Daily)
O2 launches mobile cloud platform (CloudPro)
Telefonica targets enterprise app space (Mobile Entertainment)
NOVEMBER 2011
Telefonica Invests In Semiconductor Solutions Company Quantenna (TechCrunch)
Quantenna gets funding from Telefonica Digital (Business Journal)
DECEMBER 2011
Video: Matthew Key on the crucial role of the cloud in the business models for service providers (TelecomTV)
Video: Europe Report: Telefonica’s cloud innovations (TelecomTV)
